The psychometric properties of the Trauma Symptom Checklist For Children (TSCC) in a sample of Swedish children

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 627-636

  Nilsson, Doris ^a   Wadsby, Marie ^a   Svedin, Carl Göran ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Method; Sexual abuse; Trauma; TSCC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRAUMA SYMPTOM CHECKLIST FOR CHILDREN;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 46849102187     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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